Update signature style of optional arguments, part two.

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Georg Brandl 2009-04-05 22:20:44 +00:00
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:mod:`binhex` --- Encode and decode binhex4 files
=================================================
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supporting a :meth:`write` and :meth:`close` method).
.. function:: hexbin(input[, output])
.. function:: hexbin(input, output)
Decode a binhex file *input*. *input* may be a filename or a file-like object
supporting :meth:`read` and :meth:`close` methods. The resulting file is written
to a file named *output*, unless the argument is omitted in which case the
to a file named *output*, unless the argument is ``None`` in which case the
output filename is read from the binhex file.
The following exception is also defined:

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:mod:`bisect` --- Array bisection algorithm
===========================================
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The following functions are provided:
.. function:: bisect_left(list, item[, lo[, hi]])
.. function:: bisect_left(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
Locate the proper insertion point for *item* in *list* to maintain sorted order.
The parameters *lo* and *hi* may be used to specify a subset of the list which
should be considered; by default the entire list is used. If *item* is already
present in *list*, the insertion point will be before (to the left of) any
existing entries. The return value is suitable for use as the first parameter
to ``list.insert()``. This assumes that *list* is already sorted.
Locate the proper insertion point for *x* in *a* to maintain sorted order.
The parameters *lo* and *hi* may be used to specify a subset of the list
which should be considered; by default the entire list is used. If *x* is
already present in *a*, the insertion point will be before (to the left of)
any existing entries. The return value is suitable for use as the first
parameter to ``list.insert()``. This assumes that *a* is already sorted.
.. function:: bisect_right(list, item[, lo[, hi]])
.. function:: bisect_right(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
bisect(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
Similar to :func:`bisect_left`, but returns an insertion point which comes after
(to the right of) any existing entries of *item* in *list*.
Similar to :func:`bisect_left`, but returns an insertion point which comes
after (to the right of) any existing entries of *x* in *a*.
.. function:: bisect(...)
.. function:: insort_left(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
Alias for :func:`bisect_right`.
Insert *x* in *a* in sorted order. This is equivalent to
``a.insert(bisect.bisect_left(a, x, lo, hi), x)``. This assumes that *a* is
already sorted.
.. function:: insort_left(list, item[, lo[, hi]])
.. function:: insort_right(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
insort(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a))
Insert *item* in *list* in sorted order. This is equivalent to
``list.insert(bisect.bisect_left(list, item, lo, hi), item)``. This assumes
that *list* is already sorted.
.. function:: insort_right(list, item[, lo[, hi]])
Similar to :func:`insort_left`, but inserting *item* in *list* after any
existing entries of *item*.
.. function:: insort(...)
Alias for :func:`insort_right`.
Similar to :func:`insort_left`, but inserting *x* in *a* after any existing
entries of *x*.
Examples

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:mod:`builtins` --- Built-in objects
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:mod:`bz2` --- Compression compatible with :program:`bzip2`
===========================================================
.. module:: bz2
:synopsis: Interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with bzip2.
:synopsis: Interface to compression and decompression routines
compatible with bzip2.
.. moduleauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>
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Handling of compressed files is offered by the :class:`BZ2File` class.
.. class:: BZ2File(filename[, mode[, buffering[, compresslevel]]])
.. class:: BZ2File(filename, mode='r', buffering=0, compresslevel=9)
Open a bz2 file. Mode can be either ``'r'`` or ``'w'``, for reading (default)
or writing. When opened for writing, the file will be created if it doesn't
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:class:`BZ2Compressor` and :class:`BZ2Decompressor`.
.. class:: BZ2Compressor([compresslevel])
.. class:: BZ2Compressor(compresslevel=9)
Create a new compressor object. This object may be used to compress data
sequentially. If you want to compress data in one shot, use the
:func:`compress` function instead. The *compresslevel* parameter, if given,
must be a number between ``1`` and ``9``; the default is ``9``.
.. method:: compress(data)
Provide more data to the compressor object. It will return chunks of
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sequentially. If you want to decompress data in one shot, use the
:func:`decompress` function instead.
.. method:: decompress(data)
Provide more data to the decompressor object. It will return chunks of
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and :func:`decompress` functions.
.. function:: compress(data[, compresslevel])
.. function:: compress(data, compresslevel=9)
Compress *data* in one shot. If you want to compress data sequentially, use
an instance of :class:`BZ2Compressor` instead. The *compresslevel* parameter,

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:mod:`calendar` --- General calendar-related functions
======================================================
.. module:: calendar
:synopsis: Functions for working with calendars, including some emulation of the Unix cal
program.
:synopsis: Functions for working with calendars, including some emulation
of the Unix cal program.
.. sectionauthor:: Drew Csillag <drew_csillag@geocities.com>
@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ calendar in Dershowitz and Reingold's book "Calendrical Calculations", where
it's the base calendar for all computations.
.. class:: Calendar([firstweekday])
.. class:: Calendar(firstweekday=0)
Creates a :class:`Calendar` object. *firstweekday* is an integer specifying the
first day of the week. ``0`` is Monday (the default), ``6`` is Sunday.
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weeks. Weeks are lists of seven day numbers.
.. method:: yeardatescalendar(year[, width])
.. method:: yeardatescalendar(year, width=3)
Return the data for the specified year ready for formatting. The return
value is a list of month rows. Each month row contains up to *width*
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each week contains 1--7 days. Days are :class:`datetime.date` objects.
.. method:: yeardays2calendar(year[, width])
.. method:: yeardays2calendar(year, width=3)
Return the data for the specified year ready for formatting (similar to
:meth:`yeardatescalendar`). Entries in the week lists are tuples of day
numbers and weekday numbers. Day numbers outside this month are zero.
.. method:: yeardayscalendar(year[, width])
.. method:: yeardayscalendar(year, width=3)
Return the data for the specified year ready for formatting (similar to
:meth:`yeardatescalendar`). Entries in the week lists are day numbers. Day
numbers outside this month are zero.
.. class:: TextCalendar([firstweekday])
.. class:: TextCalendar(firstweekday=0)
This class can be used to generate plain text calendars.
:class:`TextCalendar` instances have the following methods:
.. method:: formatmonth(theyear, themonth[, w[, l]])
.. method:: formatmonth(theyear, themonth, w=0, l=0)
Return a month's calendar in a multi-line string. If *w* is provided, it
specifies the width of the date columns, which are centered. If *l* is
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:meth:`setfirstweekday` method.
.. method:: prmonth(theyear, themonth[, w[, l]])
.. method:: prmonth(theyear, themonth, w=0, l=0)
Print a month's calendar as returned by :meth:`formatmonth`.
.. method:: formatyear(theyear, themonth[, w[, l[, c[, m]]]])
.. method:: formatyear(theyear, themonth, w=2, l=1, c=6, m=3)
Return a *m*-column calendar for an entire year as a multi-line string.
Optional parameters *w*, *l*, and *c* are for date column width, lines per
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can be generated is platform-dependent.
.. method:: pryear(theyear[, w[, l[, c[, m]]]])
.. method:: pryear(theyear, w=2, l=1, c=6, m=3)
Print the calendar for an entire year as returned by :meth:`formatyear`.
.. class:: HTMLCalendar([firstweekday])
.. class:: HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)
This class can be used to generate HTML calendars.
:class:`HTMLCalendar` instances have the following methods:
.. method:: formatmonth(theyear, themonth[, withyear])
.. method:: formatmonth(theyear, themonth, withyear=True)
Return a month's calendar as an HTML table. If *withyear* is true the year
will be included in the header, otherwise just the month name will be
used.
.. method:: formatyear(theyear, themonth[, width])
.. method:: formatyear(theyear, themonth, width=3)
Return a year's calendar as an HTML table. *width* (defaulting to 3)
specifies the number of months per row.
.. method:: formatyearpage(theyear[, width[, css[, encoding]]])
.. method:: formatyearpage(theyear, width=3, css='calendar.css', encoding=None)
Return a year's calendar as a complete HTML page. *width* (defaulting to
3) specifies the number of months per row. *css* is the name for the
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output (defaulting to the system default encoding).
.. class:: LocaleTextCalendar([firstweekday[, locale]])
.. class:: LocaleTextCalendar(firstweekday=0, locale=None)
This subclass of :class:`TextCalendar` can be passed a locale name in the
constructor and will return month and weekday names in the specified
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weekday names will be returned as unicode.
.. class:: LocaleHTMLCalendar([firstweekday[, locale]])
.. class:: LocaleHTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0, locale=None)
This subclass of :class:`HTMLCalendar` can be passed a locale name in the
constructor and will return month and weekday names in the specified
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unless set by :func:`setfirstweekday`.
.. function:: prmonth(theyear, themonth[, w[, l]])
.. function:: prmonth(theyear, themonth, w=0, l=0)
Prints a month's calendar as returned by :func:`month`.
.. function:: month(theyear, themonth[, w[, l]])
.. function:: month(theyear, themonth, w=0, l=0)
Returns a month's calendar in a multi-line string using the :meth:`formatmonth`
of the :class:`TextCalendar` class.
.. function:: prcal(year[, w[, l[c]]])
.. function:: prcal(year, w=0, l=0, c=6, m=3)
Prints the calendar for an entire year as returned by :func:`calendar`.
.. function:: calendar(year[, w[, l[c]]])
.. function:: calendar(year, w=2, l=1, c=6, m=3)
Returns a 3-column calendar for an entire year as a multi-line string using the
:meth:`formatyear` of the :class:`TextCalendar` class.
Returns a 3-column calendar for an entire year as a multi-line string using
the :meth:`formatyear` of the :class:`TextCalendar` class.
.. function:: timegm(tuple)

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:mod:`cgi` --- Common Gateway Interface support.
================================================
:mod:`cgi` --- Common Gateway Interface support
===============================================
.. module:: cgi
:synopsis: Helpers for running Python scripts via the Common Gateway Interface.
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:meth:`getlist` provided by this higher level interface.
.. method:: FieldStorage.getfirst(name[, default])
.. method:: FieldStorage.getfirst(name, default=None)
This method always returns only one value associated with form field *name*.
The method returns only the first value in case that more values were posted
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algorithms implemented in this module in other circumstances.
.. function:: parse(fp[, keep_blank_values[, strict_parsing]])
.. function:: parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False)
Parse a query in the environment or from a file (the file defaults to
``sys.stdin``). The *keep_blank_values* and *strict_parsing* parameters are
passed to :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` unchanged.
.. function:: parse_qs(qs[, keep_blank_values[, strict_parsing]])
.. function:: parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False)
This function is deprecated in this module. Use :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs`
instead. It is maintained here only for backward compatibility.
.. function:: parse_qsl(qs[, keep_blank_values[, strict_parsing]])
.. function:: parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False)
This function is deprecated in this module. Use :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs`
instead. It is maintained here only for backward compatibility.
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Print a list of useful (used by CGI) environment variables in HTML.
.. function:: escape(s[, quote])
.. function:: escape(s, quote=False)
Convert the characters ``'&'``, ``'<'`` and ``'>'`` in string *s* to HTML-safe
sequences. Use this if you need to display text that might contain such

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:mod:`cgitb` --- Traceback manager for CGI scripts
==================================================
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analysis.
.. function:: enable([display[, logdir[, context[, format]]]])
.. function:: enable(display=1, logdir=None, context=5, format="html")
.. index:: single: excepthook() (in module sys)
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value forces plain text output. The default value is ``"html"``.
.. function:: handler([info])
.. function:: handler(info=None)
This function handles an exception using the default settings (that is, show a
report in the browser, but don't log to a file). This can be used when you've

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:mod:`chunk` --- Read IFF chunked data
======================================
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instance will fail with a :exc:`EOFError` exception.
.. class:: Chunk(file[, align, bigendian, inclheader])
.. class:: Chunk(file, align=True, bigendian=True, inclheader=False)
Class which represents a chunk. The *file* argument is expected to be a
file-like object. An instance of this class is specifically allowed. The
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Returns ``False``.
.. method:: seek(pos[, whence])
.. method:: seek(pos, whence=0)
Set the chunk's current position. The *whence* argument is optional and
defaults to ``0`` (absolute file positioning); other values are ``1``
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Return the current position into the chunk.
.. method:: read([size])
.. method:: read(size=-1)
Read at most *size* bytes from the chunk (less if the read hits the end of
the chunk before obtaining *size* bytes). If the *size* argument is

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:mod:`cmath` --- Mathematical functions for complex numbers
===========================================================

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:mod:`cmd` --- Support for line-oriented command interpreters
=============================================================
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interface.
.. class:: Cmd([completekey[, stdin[, stdout]]])
.. class:: Cmd(completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None)
A :class:`Cmd` instance or subclass instance is a line-oriented interpreter
framework. There is no good reason to instantiate :class:`Cmd` itself; rather,
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A :class:`Cmd` instance has the following methods:
.. method:: Cmd.cmdloop([intro])
.. method:: Cmd.cmdloop(intro=None)
Repeatedly issue a prompt, accept input, parse an initial prefix off the
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build applications which provide an interactive interpreter prompt.
.. class:: InteractiveInterpreter([locals])
.. class:: InteractiveInterpreter(locals=None)
This class deals with parsing and interpreter state (the user's namespace); it
does not deal with input buffering or prompting or input file naming (the
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``'__doc__'`` set to ``None``.
.. class:: InteractiveConsole([locals[, filename]])
.. class:: InteractiveConsole(locals=None, filename="<console>")
Closely emulate the behavior of the interactive Python interpreter. This class
builds on :class:`InteractiveInterpreter` and adds prompting using the familiar
``sys.ps1`` and ``sys.ps2``, and input buffering.
.. function:: interact([banner[, readfunc[, local]]])
.. function:: interact(banner=None, readfunc=None, local=None)
Convenience function to run a read-eval-print loop. This creates a new instance
of :class:`InteractiveConsole` and sets *readfunc* to be used as the
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discarded after use.
.. function:: compile_command(source[, filename[, symbol]])
.. function:: compile_command(source, filename="<input>", symbol="single")
This function is useful for programs that want to emulate Python's interpreter
main loop (a.k.a. the read-eval-print loop). The tricky part is to determine
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-------------------------------
.. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(source[, filename[, symbol]])
.. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(source, filename="<input>", symbol="single")
Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the same as for
:func:`compile_command`; the default for *filename* is ``'<input>'``, and for
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with it.
.. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror([filename])
.. method:: InteractiveInterpreter.showsyntaxerror(filename=None)
Display the syntax error that just occurred. This does not display a stack
trace because there isn't one for syntax errors. If *filename* is given, it is
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interpreter objects as well as the following additions.
.. method:: InteractiveConsole.interact([banner])
.. method:: InteractiveConsole.interact(banner=None)
Closely emulate the interactive Python console. The optional banner argument
specify the banner to print before the first interaction; by default it prints a
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Remove any unhandled source text from the input buffer.
.. method:: InteractiveConsole.raw_input([prompt])
.. method:: InteractiveConsole.raw_input(prompt="")
Write a prompt and read a line. The returned line does not include the trailing
newline. When the user enters the EOF key sequence, :exc:`EOFError` is raised.

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:mod:`codecs` --- Codec registry and base classes
=================================================
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defaults to line buffered.
.. function:: EncodedFile(file, input[, output[, errors]])
.. function:: EncodedFile(file, data_encoding, file_encoding=None, errors='strict')
Return a wrapped version of file which provides transparent encoding
translation.
Bytes written to the wrapped file are interpreted according to the given
*input* encoding and then written to the original file as bytes using the
*output* encoding.
*data_encoding* and then written to the original file as bytes using the
*file_encoding*.
If *output* is not given, it defaults to *input*.
If *file_encoding* is not given, it defaults to *data_encoding*.
*errors* may be given to define the error handling. It defaults to ``'strict'``,
which causes :exc:`ValueError` to be raised in case an encoding error occurs.
*errors* may be given to define the error handling. It defaults to
``'strict'``, which causes :exc:`ValueError` to be raised in case an encoding
error occurs.
.. function:: iterencode(iterable, encoding[, errors])
.. function:: iterencode(iterator, encoding, errors='strict', **kwargs)
Uses an incremental encoder to iteratively encode the input provided by
*iterable*. This function is a :term:`generator`. *errors* (as well as any
*iterator*. This function is a :term:`generator`. *errors* (as well as any
other keyword argument) is passed through to the incremental encoder.
.. function:: iterdecode(iterable, encoding[, errors])
.. function:: iterdecode(iterator, encoding, errors='strict', **kwargs)
Uses an incremental decoder to iteratively decode the input provided by
*iterable*. This function is a :term:`generator`. *errors* (as well as any
*iterator*. This function is a :term:`generator`. *errors* (as well as any
other keyword argument) is passed through to the incremental decoder.
The module also provides the following constants which are useful for reading
and writing to platform dependent files: